NYSE Group and NASDAQ report January short interest
26 January 2012 New York
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Short interest increased for NYSE and NASDAQ but NYSE Amex saw a drop for the two-week period to 13 January.
NYSE's short interest rose to 13.4 billion shares from 12.7 billion shares, or up 5.4 per cent. The short interest on 13 January was equal to 3.5 percent of the total shares outstanding.
NASDAQ too saw a lift, of 3.9 per cent, to 7.1 billion shares across 2,747 securities compared with 6.8 billion across 2,752 securities in the previous reporting period. The short ratio, or the number of days' volume represented by outstanding share positions, was 5.4 days of average volume, compared with 3.7 days for the prior period.
Bucking the trend, NYSE Amex saw a slight drop in short interest to 405 million from 408 million. A short position of 5,000 or more shares existed in 322 issues. Some short position was shown in 504 issues.
NYSE and NYSE Amex are part of NYSE Euronext and NASDAQ is part of NASDAQ OMX Group.
NYSE's short interest rose to 13.4 billion shares from 12.7 billion shares, or up 5.4 per cent. The short interest on 13 January was equal to 3.5 percent of the total shares outstanding.
NASDAQ too saw a lift, of 3.9 per cent, to 7.1 billion shares across 2,747 securities compared with 6.8 billion across 2,752 securities in the previous reporting period. The short ratio, or the number of days' volume represented by outstanding share positions, was 5.4 days of average volume, compared with 3.7 days for the prior period.
Bucking the trend, NYSE Amex saw a slight drop in short interest to 405 million from 408 million. A short position of 5,000 or more shares existed in 322 issues. Some short position was shown in 504 issues.
NYSE and NYSE Amex are part of NYSE Euronext and NASDAQ is part of NASDAQ OMX Group.
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